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DEPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL 
^ CONFERENCE FOR THE CONSID- 
ERATION OF THE COMMEMORATION 
OF THE FIRST CENTURY OF PEACE 
BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND 
THE BRITISH EMPIRE, HELD IN NEW 
YORK, MAY 5TH-10TH, 1913. .:. .:. .:. 



ISSUED BY THE AMERICAN COMMITTEE 
50 CHURCH STREET, NEW YORK 



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•yHE AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE 
1 CELEBRATION OF THE ONE HUN- 
DREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF PEACE AMONG 
ENGLISH SPEAKING PEOPLES, 1914-1915 



WOODROW WILSON 
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT THOMAS R. MARSHALL 

WILLIAM G. McADOO LINDLEY M. GARRISON 

JOSEPHUS DANIELS DAVID F. HOUSTON 

WILLIAM C. REDFIELD WILLIAM B. WILSON 

Honorary Chairman: 
THEODORE ROOSEVELT 

Honorary Vice Chairmen: 
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN JOSEPH H. CHOATE 

ALTON B. PARKER ELIHU ROOT 

ADLAI E. STEVENSON LEVI P. MORTON 

Chairman: 
ANDREW CARNEGIE 
Vice Chairmen: 
JOHN D. CRIMMINS EDWARD F. DUNNE 

EUGENE N. FOSS EDWIN GINN 

WILLIAM CHURCH OSBORN THOMAS NELSON PAGE 

DANIEL SMILEY OSCAR S. STRAUS 

Honorary Secretary: 

HARRY P. JUDSON 

Secretary: 

ANDREW B. HUMPHREY 

Executive Committee: 

Honorary Chairman: 
CHARLES W. FAIRBANKS 
Honorary Vice Chairmen: 
RICHARD BARTHOLDT THEODORE E. BURTON 

EMMETT O'NEAL HERMAN RIDDER 

JACOB H. 9CHIFF WILLIAM SULZER 

OSWALD WEST 

Honorary Secretary: 
J. HORACE McFARLAND 

Chairman: 

JOHN A. STEWART 

Vice Chairmen: 

JOSEPHUS DANIELS THEODORE MARBURG 

W. O. HART 

Secretary: 

WILLIAM H. SHORT 



Finance Committee: 

Chairman: 
CORNELIUS VANDERBILT 

Vice Chairman: 
WILLIAM CURTIS DEMOREST 
BERNARD N. BAKER JOHN D. CRIMMINS 

CHARLES STEWART DAVISON CHARLES M. DOW 
JAMES B. FORGAN JACOB LANGELOTH 

J PIERPONT MORGAN FRANCIS B. REEVES 

HERMAN RIDDER WILLIAM SALOMON 

FRANCIS LYNDE STETSON 

Honorary Treasurer: 
LYMAN J. GAGE 

Treasurer: 
JAMES L. WANDLING 

Standing Committees: 

Chairmen: 

International Organization— Publicity— 

WILLIAM B. HOWLAND ALBERT SHAW 

Historical Review- Educational, Extension and Endow 

NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER ment— 

International Conferences, Etc.— E. R. L. GOULD 

AUSTEN G. FOX Legislation— 
Celebration in New York- ALTON B. PARKER 

GEORGE F. KUNZ Maritime- 
Co-operation Patriotic R- A. C. SMITH 

Organizations— Memorials— 

BENEHAN CAMERON ANDREW B. HUMPHREY 

Auditing: 
ROBERT C. MORRIS 

Depository: 
J. P. MORGAN & CO. 



SrlrrjatPB to tty (Hanftrmt? 

fflumripality nf* <ghrnt 

Mr. C. De Bruyne, Alderman. 
Mr. Alphonse Van Werveke. 

(Srrat Sritatu 
The Right Honourable, The Lord Weardale. 
Captain The Honourable Sir Arthur Lawley, G. C. I. E. 
The Right Honourable The Earl Stanhope. 
The Right Honourable Sir Herbert Eustace Maxwell,TP. C, 

LL. D. 
The Honourable Charles Thomas Mills, M. P. 
The Honourable Neil Primrose. M. P. 
Mr. Arthur Shirley Benn, M. P. 
Mr. James Allen Baker, M. P. 
Mr. Moreton Frewen, M. P. 
Mr. Henry- Vivian, M. P. 
Mr. H. S. Perris, M. A. 

Canada 
Sir Edmund Walker, C. V. O., L. L. D. 
The Hon. Raoul Dandurand, P. C, L. L. D. 
Mr. Charles A. Magrath, M. P. 
Mr. Travers Lewis, K. C, D. C. L. 
Captain Charles Frederick Hamilton, M. A. 

Australia 
The Right Honourable Sir George Houston Reid, P. C, G. C. 
M. G., High Commissioner for Australia. 

NrrofflunManb 
Mr. Eugene H. Outerbridge. 

Appointive Members: 

Honorary Chairman American Conference Committee, Joseph 

H. Choate. 
Chairman, Alton B. Parker. 
Charles Francis Adams, Boston. 
Robert Bacon, Boston. 
David Belasco, New York. 
Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, Washington, D. C. 
August Belmont, New York. 
Rudolph Blankenburg, Philadelphia. 



S. J. Bowie, Birmingham, Ala. 

Bishop Theodore D. Bratton, Jackson, Miss. 

Abraham Brittin, New Orleans. 

William Allen Butler, New York. 

Judge William L. Carpenter, Detroit. 

Winston Churchill, Windsor, Vermont. 

John Claflin, New York. 

William A. Clark, Helena, Mont. 

Henry Clews, New York. 

William V. Cox, Washington, D. C. 

Robert Fulton Cutting, New York. 

Chauncey M. Depew, New York. 

Admiral George Dewey, Washington, D. C. 

Judge Frank S. Dietrich, Boise, Idaho. 

Dr. William H. P. Faunce, Providence. 

Stuyvesant Fish, New York. 

Hon. Joseph B. Foraker, Cincinnati. 

Henry Ford, Detroit. 

Hon. Eugene N. Foss, Governor of Massachusetts. 

Albert Eugene Gallatin, New York. 

William J. Gaynor, New York. 

Hon. George Gray, Wilmington, Del. 

Benedict J. Greenhut, New York. 

Howard D. Hadley, Plattsburg, N. Y. 

John Hays Hammond, New York. 

Rev. Charles W. Harris, Bismarck, N. D. 

Edward W. Hatch, New York. 

Bayard Henry, Philadelphia. 

Dr. John G. Hibben, Princeton, N. J. 

Adrian Iselin, New York. 

Breckinridge Jones, St. Louis. 

James Keely, Chicago. 

Edward Kent. Phoenix. Ariz. 

Rev. James M. Kirwin, Galveston, Texas. 

Chester S. Lord, New York. 

Seth Low, New York. 

Cyrus H. McCormick, Chicago. 

Hon. William Hodges Mann, Governor of Virginia. 

General Nelson A. Miles, Washington, D. C. 

Dr. James S. Moffat, Due West, S. C. 

Charles C. Moore. San Francisco. 

Henry C. Morris, Chicago. 



Robert C. Morris, New York 

Hon. Francis G. Newlands, Washington, D. C. 

Edward R. O'Malley, Buffalo. 

Henry Fairfield Osborn, New York. 

William Church Osborn, New York. 

Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary, Washington, D. C. 

George W. Perkins, New York 

H. C. Phillips, Lake Mohonk, N. Y. 

Gifford Pinchot, Washington, D. C. 

Dallas B. Pratt, New York. 

George M. Reynolds, Chicago. 

Brig. -Gen. Hugh L. Scott, Washington, D. C. 

James Brown Scott, Washington, D. C. 

Hon. Reed Smoot, Washington, D. C. 

Hon. George Sutherland, Washington, D. C. 

Hon. Chas. Spalding Thomas, Denver. 

Bishop N. S. Thomas, Cheyenne, Wyo. 

Col. Robert M. Thompson, Washington, D. C. 

Henry R. Towne, New York. 

Andrew D. White, Ithaca, N. Y. 

Henry White, Washington, D. C. 

Brand Whitlock, Toledo, Ohio. 

Ansley Wilcox, Buffalo. 

Frank S. Witherbee, Port Henry, N. Y. 

Members Ex Officio: 

(Permanent Sub-Executive Committee.) 

John A. Stewart, Chairman, Ex-Offkio. 

Bernard N. Baker, Baltimore. 

Richard Bartholdt, St. Louis. 

George William Burleigh, New York. 

Nicholas Murray Butler, New York. 

Col. B. Cameron, Raleigh. 

Andrew Carnegie, New York. 

John D. Crimmins, New York. 

Josephus Daniels, Raleigh. 

Charles Stewart Davison, New York. 

William Curtis Demorest, New York. 

George E. Dunham, Utica. 

Hon. Edward F. Dunne, Governor of Illinois. 

Dr. John H. Finley, New York. 



William D. Forbes, New York. 

James B. Forgan, Chicago. 

Eugene N. Foss, Governor of Massachusetts. 

Austin G. Fox, New York. 

Edwin Ginn, Boston. 

Samuel Gompers, Washington, D. C. 

E. R. L. Gould, New York. 

Rt. Rev. David H. Greer, New York. 

Reuben B. Hale, San Francisco. 

W. O. Hart, New Orleans. 

Job E. Hedges, New York. 

Charles D. Hilles, New York. 

Col. Edward M. House, New York. 

William B. Howland, New York. 

Andrew B. Humphrey, New York. 

George F. Kunz, New York. 

Jacob Langeloth, New York. 

Francis Lynde Stetson, New York. 

William G. McAdoo, New York. 

William F. McCombs, New York. 

Delos McCurdy, New York. 

Theodore Marburg, Baltimore. 

Marcus M. Marks, New York. 

Andrew J. Montague, Richmond. 

Emmet O'Neal, Governor of Alabama. 

Thomas Nelson Page, Washington, D. C. 

George Foster Peabody, New York. 

Calvin W. Rice, New York. 

Herman Ridder, New York. 

William Salomon, New York. 

Jacob H. Schiff, New York. 

Dr. Louis Livingston Seaman, New York. 

Isaac N. Seligman, New York. 

Albert Shaw, New York. 

William H. Short, New York. 

Daniel Smiley, Lake Mohonk. 

R. A. C. Smith, New York. 

Oscar S. Straus, New York. 

William Sulzer, Governor of New York. 

Col. Thomas W. Symons, Washington, D. C. 

T. Kennard Thomson, New York. 

Charlemagne Tower, Philadelphia. 



Dr. James L. Tryon, Boston. 
Cornelius Vanderbilt, New York. 
Dr. George E. Vincent, Minneapolis. 
James L. Wandling, New York. 
Oswald West, Governor of Oregon. 
George T. Wilson, New York. 

Honorary Members: 

William J. Bryan, Washington. 
Theodore E. Burton, Cleveland. 
Joseph H. Choate, New York. 
Charles W. Eliot, Cambridge. 
Charles W. Fairbanks, Indianapolis. 
Lyman J. Gage, Point Loma, Cal. 
Harry P. Judson, Chicago. 
J. Horace McFarland, Harrisburg. 
J. Pierpont Morgan, Jr., New York. 
Levi P. Morton, New York. 
Alton B. Parker, New York. 
Theodore Roosevelt, New York. 
Elihu Root, New York. 
Adlai E. Stevenson, Bloomington, 111. 



platform 

The central idea for consideration is not only a program for 
the celebration of one Hundred Years of Peace, but a statement 
of purposes for the perpetuation of peace. 

i. International monuments, possibly of identical de- 
sign. 

(a) To be erected in Great Britain, the United States, and their 
dominions and possessions beyond the seas. 

(b) The Committee to request their respective governments to 
defray the cost of these monuments, or that the cost be defrayed 
in part from public funds or by private subscriptions. . 

(c) The foundation stones to be laid on the selected day, if possible 
by His Majesty the King, in Great Britain, and by the President, 
in the United States, and by their representatives in their respective 
dominions and possessions over seas. 

(d) In view of the good relations prevailing between the American 
and British peoples, and other nations, all foreign governments should 
be cordially invited to honor the more important of these occasions 
by an official representation. 

(e) That at the time fixed for laying the foundation stones, there 
should be a stoppage of five minutes from work throughout all the 
countries interested, to be occupied, where a public gathering or 
other assemblage is practicable, by the reading of the agreed in- 
scription on International monuments. 

(f) At the time fixed, as stated, the work in all schools to be stopped, 
appropriate addresses to be delivered, and the two national anthems 
to be sung, followed by a half holiday. 

(g) A sub-committee should be appointed to ascertain what dates, 
arrangements, etc., are in the minds of the several countries, with 
power to determine them and to make them generally known. This 
duty to be assigned to any international committee which may be 
appointed to carry out the objects of the joint celebration. 

2. Educational features of the Celebration. 

An organized endeavor should be made in British- American 
countries to promote, by well considered methods, the growth 
of these feelings of mutual respect and good will, which al- 
ready happily exist. This might include: 



(a) The endowment of Chairs of British-American history with 
special reference to the peaceful progress and relations of the two 
peoples, and based upon the principle of an interchange of profess- 
ors; and the endowment of traveling scholarships to enable journ- 
alists and writers to visit the various English shaking countries. 

(b) The awarding of prizes for essays and some other topics in all 
schools, colleges and universities. 

(c) The co-operation of the respective committees in the preparation 
of a history of the Century of Peace, from which text books and school 
books in the several countries may be prepared or revised. 

(d) An annual peace day celebration in the schools. 

3. Universal commemorative tablets. 

4. Universal religious services of thanksgiving, to be held 
on a day to be hereafter selected. 

5. Permanent monuments. 

6. The cordial approval of the early appointment of a 
preparatory committee as recommended by the last 
Hague Conference. 

7. Celebration in Ghent, after consultation with the 

Municipality. 

8. An International commemorative medal. 

9. The conference recommends that an international 
committee may be appointed through action on the 
part of the national committee, with power to deal 
with such matters as may be referred to them of the 
several countries concerned. 

10. Appeal for cooperation. 

The success of the movement requires not only the cor- 
dial support of national governments, but also local govern- 
ments and municipal and religious bodies, as well as of those 
citizens seeking national methods for dealing with interna- 
tional problems. To that end, it is earnestly hoped that all 
will join in this movement. 



(Ubr Dntmtatuntal Iirmnuary 

At a subcommittee meeting held between the delegations 
representing the United States and Canada, for the purpose 
of taking up the matter of appropriate marking of the inter- 
national boundary in commemoration of the first hundred 
years of peace between the two nations, it was decided that 
suggestions be made to the organizations of the United 
States and Canada as follows: 



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That they urge upon their respective governments: 

(a) The erection of arches at the points where the proposed high- 
ways — Quebec and Miami in the East, and Los Angeles to Vancouver 
in the West — cross the International boundary. 

(b) The erection of shafts at a few historical and piominent points 
upon or on each side of the boundary, (which in the latter case, should 
be erected in the immediate vicinity of the boundary) at points to 
be selected hereafter. This might properly include water gates 
on opposite sides of the Detroit River, near the City of Detroit. 

(c) That such arches and shafts be briefly and suitably inscribed. 

It was further felt that these outward and visible signs of 
the spirit of the occasion should not be restricted to the In- 
ternational boundary, but should also find a place in the great 
centers of population, often far distant therefrom, thus carry- 
ing the message of mutual goodwill to the mass of both peoples. 

It was urged before the Sub-Committee that an enduring 
monument in the shape of a memorial bridge be built across the 
Niagara River. This and other like projects appealed quite 
strongly to the sub-committee, but it felt that, involving as 
it does very large expenditures on the part of the governments 
of both countries, they might very properly be allowed to 
stand for further consideration until the respective committees 
shall have had greater opportunity to look more closely into 
these larger projects in accordance with the following resolu- 
tion. 

"This Sub-committee recommends that after the American and Canadian 
Committees shall have decided upon a plan of celebration regarding 
boundary monuments, memorials, and arches, a committee of six, composed 
of three members from each of the respective committees shall be ap- 
pointed with instructions to consult experts in art, architecture, and en- 
gineering, with a view to the preparation of plans and the execution of 
the particular works to be undertaken." 



Annrrsa to thp Nations hy (Sontrratrr 

"Representatives of Great Britain, of New Foundland, 
of the United States, of the Dominion of Canada, of the Com- 
monwealth of Australia, and of the Municipality of Ghent, 
having been in conference concerning an appropriate cele- 
bration of the centenary of the signing of the Treaty of Ghent, 
which marked the end of the last international war between 
the British and American peoples unite in offering to the gov- 
ernments and the peoples of the civilized world an earnest in- 
yitation to take part in making this celebration in every way 



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worthy of the one hundred years of peace that it commemorates. 

"We invite such co-operation to the end that it may be made 
clear and unmistakable to public opinion everywhere that the 
time has come when international rivalries and differences, 
though numerous and several, may be settled without the carn- 
age and the horrors of war. Although it be unreasonable to 
disregard the possibility of conflict arising in the future, out 
of mutual or partial misunderstanding, yet we gratefully recog- 
nize that the chances of misunderstanding have been largely 
eliminated by the degree in which modern science has facilitated 
intercourse and accelerated communication. We are, there- 
fore, encouraged to hope that the development of letters, science 
and the arts of commerce, industry and finance, of mutual 
knowledge, trust and good feeling on the part of those who owe 
different allegiances and who speak different tongues, may pro- 
fitably absorb the energy of mankind, as well as offer oppor- 
tunity for the display of the noblest and finest traits of mind 
and character. 

"Great Britain has been a colonizing nation, and the United 
States has drawn to its population various and powerful ele- 
ments from different countries and from different Hags. There- 
fore, a century of peace between Great Britain and her domin- 
ions beyond the seas on the one hand, and the United States 
on the other hand, touches directly both the interest and the 
imagination of every land to which Great Britain's sons have 
gone, as well as those of every nation from which the present- 
day population of the United States has been drawn. Such 
a celebration will not only mark the close of a century of ex- 
ceptional significance and importance, but it will call attention 
to an example and an ideal that we earnestly hope may be fol- 
lowed and pursued in the years to come. What nations have 
done nations can do. 

"We respectively request that his Majesty's Secretary of 
State of Foreign Affairs, and the Secretary of State of the Unit- 
ed States transmit this invitation, through the proper official 
channels, to the governments of the world, to the end that both 
by the participation of governments and by the co-operation 
of men of good will in every land, this celebration may be 
so carried out as to mark not merely the close of one hundred 
years of peace between English speaking peoples, but the open- 
ing of what we sincerely trust will be a fresh era of peace and 
goodwill between all the nations of the world." 



I 2 

(flarfttnal C&tbbmta' (Eammnit 

[Letter read on the occasion of the dinner given at the Hotel 
Astor in honor of delegates attending the International Con- 
ference.] 



Archdiocese of Baltimore, 
Chancery Office, 
408 North Charles Street. 

April 27, 1 9 13. 
The Hon. Alton B. Parker, 

New York. 
My dear Mr. Parker: — 

I regret exceedingly that I shall not be able to be present at the Conference 
to plan a commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the signing of the 
Treaty of Peace among English Speaking Peoples at Ghent. I cannot refrain, 
however, from expressing to you by letter my views anent the movement now 
on foot to promote closer and more amicable relations between England and 
this Country, which embrace practically the English speaking world. I am 
persuaded that the signing of a treaty of arbitration between Great Britain 
and the United States would not only be a source of incalcuable blessings to 
these two great powers but would go far toward the maintenance of perma- 
nent international peace throughout the civilized world. Both of these 
great nations have many things in common. We speak the same noble 
tongue, and the English language is more generally used today than any other 
language on the face of the earth. The classic writers of England are also 
ours, and the classic authors of America are likewise claimed by Great Brit- 
ain. The literature of both countries is a common heritage to both nations. 

We also live under virtually the same form of government. The head 
of one government is a King; the head of the other nation is a President; Eng- 
land is governed by a constitutional monarchy; the United States are ruled 
by a constitutional Republic. And I believe that both of these nations have 
been more successful in adjusting and reconciling legitimate authority with 
perosnal liberty than any other country of the world. 

England is mistress of the ocean. Her ships ply through every sea on the 
globe. Her flag floats over every harbor of the world. Her empire braces 
a territory comprising 10,000,000 of square miles, or about one-fifth of the 
whole globe. Great was the Roman Empire in the days of her imperial splen- 
dor. It extended into Europe as far as the River Danube; into Asia as far 
as the Tigris and Euphrates; and into Africa as far as Mauritania. And yet 
the Roman Empire was scarcely one-sixth of the extent of the British Empire 
ol today. It was Daniel W r ebster who in a speech delivered in the Ameri- 
can Senate about 63 years ago, thus described the extent of the British pos- 
sessions: "She has dotted the whole surface of the globe with her possessions 
and military posts, whose morning drumbeat, following the sun and keeping 
company with the hours, encircles the earth with one unbroken strain of the 
martial airs of England." 

The United States rules nearly one hundred millions of happy and con- 
tented people. Our government exercises a dominant and salutory influence 



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over the entire American continent. And our influence is exerted not to de- 
stroy, but to save, not to dismember our sister republics, but to preserve their 
peace and autonomy. 

If then England and America were to enter into permanent arbitration 
with each other, such a bond of friendship and amity would be a blessing not 
only to these two great powers, but to all the nations of the civilized world. 
When the waters receded from the earth after the deluge, Almighty God 
made a solemn covenant with Noah and his posterity that the earth should 
never again be destroyed by water and, as a sign of this covenant. He placed 
a bow in the heavens. Let Brittania and Columbia join hands across the At- 
lantic and their outstretched arms will form a sacred arch of peace which will 
excite the admiration of the nations and will proclaim to the world the hope 
that with God's help the earth shall never more be deluged with bloodshed 
in fratricidal war. 

Faithfully yours, 
(Signed) J. Cardinal Gibbons. 

iijmu Slrttaitt Wtxs Umpvesstb 

Srjtart by tiff SUgljt Ijanourablf Horn JHrar&alf . SfaJi of Ui'lertattntt. taitfc. 
firnaro txi tiff Hioit of Srittab Srlrnaitna to Snitfo &tatfa 

The British Delegation, composed in the manner set forth 
in the Official Report of the International Conference, arrived 
in New York on May 4, and were received by the American 
Committee and their friends, who had most hospitably pro- 
vided for our comfort and entertainment during the whole 
period of our stay in America. 

The conclusions arrived at by the International Commit- 
tee were the result of lengthened deliberation and discussion 
but resulted in complete unanimity. 

As these conclusions have been separately printed, it is 
unnecessary to dwell upon this aspect of our mission, but its 
record would be wholly incomplete without some references to 
the public celebrations and receptions which took place in 
connection with our visit in the principal cities of the United 
States, and without calling attention more particularly to the 
absence of all partisan feeling and the hearty co-operation of 
the leaders of public opinion in America in support of the move- 
ment which brought us together. 

Mayor Gaynor was the first to offer his welcome on be- 
half of the great city of New York. The opening address of 
the Conference at the City Hall was given by Judge Alton B. 
Parker, a former candidate for the Presidency of the United 
States. Ex-President Roosevelt received the deputation at his 
home in Oyster Bay, and made pregnant pronouncements upon 



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the question of arbitration, and upon the abiding and unalterable 
friendship of the people of Great Britain and the United States. 
At the public banquet on May 9, presided over by a man whose 
name is cherished in English memories, the Hon. Joseph H. 
Choate, and whose sympathies for our country are entirely 
unabated in their sincerity, the Secretary of State, Mr. Bryan, 
gave utterance to the first of a series of eloquent orations in 
which he enforced, in connection with our visit, his well-known 
views upon international arbitration and the cause of Peace. 
Attention should also be drawn to a remarkable letter from 
Cardinal Gibbons, read by Mr. Choate at this banquet, from 
which, though worthy of being fully transcribed, I may per- 
haps quote the following extract: "Let Britannia and Colum- 
bia join hands across the Atlantic, and their outstretched arms 
will form a sacred arch of peace which will excite the admira- 
tion of the nations, and will proclaim to the world the hope 
that with God's help the earth shall never more be deluged with 
blood shed in fratricidal war." 

In addition to the notable deliverances of the most emi- 
nent public men, on every side and in every organ of the press 
during our week's stay in New York, there were unmistakable 
evidences of popular approval of our mission. 

In Boston, where the Deputation were received by Act- 
ing-Mayor Kenney, a distinguished Irishman, with the ut- 
most cordiality, Dr. Charles W. Eliot, the venerable President 
Emeritus of Harvard University, delivered an address of mov- 
ing eloquence. The Governor of Massachusetts and Govern- 
or Long, a former Secretary of the Navy, signified their en- 
thusiastic support. 

Washington, however, was naturally the chief centre of 
interest; and it is no exaggeration to state that, beginning with 
President Woodrow Wilson, whose kindly and sympathetic 
reception of the Delegation at the White House made upon 
everyone the deepest impression, and comprising the distin- 
guished leaders of the Senate and the House of Representatives. 
a career almost of triumph culminated in the banquet given 
by the Carnegie Foundation, and presided over by Senator 
Elihu Root. At this function many members of the diplo- 
matic corps, including Sir Cecil Spring Rice, whose friendly 
assistance throughout their mission the Deputation desire 
specially to recognize, many Governors of States, and leading 
Senators and Congressmen, testified to the unanimity which 



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prevailed in support of a fitting Celebration of the Centenary of 
the Signature of the Treaty of Ghent; while the presence of 
two representatives of that city added distinction to the gath- 
ering. 

I am not able personally to record the incidents connected 
with the Programme of the Deputation after leaving Washing- 
ton, but my friend and colleague, Sir Arthur Lawley, who so 
admirably took the lead thereafter, tells me that the reception 
at Philadelphia, where the evening banquet was presided over 
by Mayor Blankenberg, an eminent citizen of German origin, 
was on a level with previous gatherings; while in Chicago the 
luncheon offered by the Chicago Press was specially remark- 
able from the fact that repiesentatives of the whole press from 
the Middle West of the United States, comprising probably 
the editors of not less than a hundred journals, were present, 
and recorded their signal approval of the universal sentiments 
which happily possessed the imagination and inspired the 
convictions of the entire American people. 

Along the Canadian frontier the fraternization of the pop- 
ulation on either side of the border only emphasized the hearty 
and mutual sympathy of the Canadian and American people, 
which during a whole century have derived such priceless bene- 
fit from the wise provisions of the Rush Bagot Treaty of 1817 — 
an Agreement which has turned their minds to peaceful oc- 
cupations free from the anxieties of frontier defence that are 
so burdensome and suicidal on the continent of Europe. 

At Detroit, Niagara, and Buffalo, full expression was 
given to these views, many public men, including Governor 
Sulzer, and the Mayors and Presidents of the Chambers of 
Commerce of these cities, joining in their endorsement. It 
may be said, indeed, that our visit progressed with accumu- 
lated effect, and terminated with every evidence of complete 
unanimity having been achieved in the furtherance of our great 
project. 

It merely remains for me to express, on behalf of our 
Delegation, our cordial appreciation of the unbounded kind- 
ness, hcsptality, and attention with which we were almost over- 
whelmed by the Committee, presided over by Mr. Andrew 
Carnegie, and by our American friends in general, and we left 
for home firmly convinced that the American people will be 
found wholeheartedly in support of the Movement for the 



Celebration of the Hundred Years Peace, and of the World- 
wide manifestations to which it is hoped it will give rise. 



Statement by % iSiajtt ^ntumrable 1L U. Boritett 

Taken From Report of Conference by Canadian Peace Cen- 
tenary Association. 

Reference to the Conference was made in the Canadian 
Parliament. On June 5, 191 3, Mr. W. M. German, M. P., 
asked in the House of Commons: — 

"1. Is the Government aware that an International 
Conference has recently been held in the City of New York for 
the purpose of discussing methods of celebrating the centenary 
of the signing of the treaty of Ghent? 

"2. Does the Government contemplate the granting 
of aid towards the holding of such a celebration?" 

The Rt. Hon. R. L. Borden, in reply, laid before the House 
of Commons information furnished by the officers of the Ca- 
nadian Peace Centenary Association substantially identical 
with the earlier portions of this report. He proceeded. 

"The American Committee showed a zeal and interest 
in the movement which created a most favorable impression 
on all who came in contact with them. 

"The British and Canadian delegates received many cour- 
tesies and attentions from the United States Committee as 
well as from other prominent and representative citizens. 

"The Government understands that the proceedings of 
the conference, which were entirely harmonious, resulted in 
the passing of resolutions recommending a definite scheme of 
commemoration, partly by the erection of visible monuments, 
possibly of identical design; partly by the ceremonies attending 
the laying of the corner stone of these monuments, and part- 
ly by the establishment of lectureships, scholarships, and sim- 
ilar methods of diffusing correct information upon international 
relations. 

"The Canadian delegation has communicated full in- 
formation with regard to the conference in a letter which is 
herwith laid on the table for the information of the House. 

"While the Canadian Peace Centenary Association is an 
unofficial body, the Government strongly sympathizes with 



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and approves of its object and purpose of promoting good will 
and peace between the nations of the world. The Government 
is disposed to give favorable consideration to a grant such as 
that mentioned in case similar action should be taken in other 
countries." 

Stomal SiflflpttalUy 

(From Proceedings Canadian Parliament) 

The letter, which appears at length in Hansard of June 5, con'ains the 
information already given, and in addition included the following passages: — 

"The proceedings of the Conference began on May 5th and terminated 
on May 9th. During their continuance the American committee constitut- 
ed themselves the hosts of the visiting delegates, and discharged that function 
with the utmost generosity. Great interest was evinced in the Confer* • 
while it sat in New York, an interest which in part took the form of a hospi- 
tality which culminated in a banquet held on the evening of May 9th. T 
visiting delegates were afterwards conveyed to Boston, Washington, Phila- 
delphia, Chicago, and other cities, where flattering attentions were paid to 
them; the Canadian delegates were unable to visit all of these places. It 
may not be out of place to add that the newspapers of the United States de- 
voted to the proceedings of the Conference a degree of attention which is quite 
unusual ; while there was much editorial comment, couched in terms of a grati- 
fying friendliness. 

"The propinquity of the United States and Canada renders anything 
which either may do in regard to the erection of monuments along the boundary 
line of interest to the other, and it thus happened that while the British, Aus- 
tralian, Newfoundland and Canadian delegations felt themselves all one in 
representation of the Empire, special consultation was necessary between the 
American and Canadian delegations on the subject of the various proposals 
put forward to signalize the occasion at the international boundary. In 
these consultations the Canadian delegates can testify to the utmost consid- 
eration of their point of view shown by their American friends and co-dele- 
gates. Apart from this necessary co-operation, the general principle was 
followed that each of the countries concerned should carry out such celebra- 
tions as it determined upon independently of the others. Thus the nature 
of the celebration in the United Kingdom was regarded as a domestic matter 
resting with the British Committee, though the Conference, as will be seen, 
suggested that certain general features be regarded as common to all. In like 
manner, the Conference expressed the opinion that memorials of the First 
Century of Peace might profitably be erected in great centres of population 
in the United States remote from the border, but such memorials would be 
exclusively a matter for the American Commiittee and allied or similar bodies 
in the American Republic. The keynote of the action of the Conference was 
substantial unity of purpose, with circumstantial variety in detail." 



PRESS Or MADISON COUNTY LEADER. MORRISVILLE. N. Y. 



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